anyway, i took a little time out today before joining my father's side of the family to try out a recipe [technically two, but the steps are the same] that i found on the blog for Craft:
cinnamon maple pecans and sugar & spice almonds: original recipe entry found here.
cinnamon maple pecans
2 cups pecan halves
1/4 cup real maple syrup
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon butter
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
2 dashes of salt [i left the salt out of this entirely and it tasted very good on it's own - the flavor of the pecans really came through]
melt everything but the pecans together while roasting the nuts on a baking sheet for 8-10 minutes at 300 degrees fahrenheit*. toss the mixture and the nuts in a bowl, then spray the baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray and spread the [now sticky] pecans back on the baking sheet and cook for another 20-25 minutes. lay the nuts out on parchment paper to cool. yum!
sugar & spice almonds
2 cups whole almonds
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon water
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 dashes cayenne [this is supposed to be for "mild" spice, and i'm telling you right now these things smelled hot, but weren't spicy to taste at all. use more cayenne if you want them spicy]
to cook these, follow the exact same steps as for the pecans, only substitute these ingredients.
i made a double batch of both of these, because the bags of nuts i got at the store had almost exactly four cups each in them. that, and my family eats a lot. :) props to katie goodman for the recipe and craft: magazine for the share!
happy christmas, all,
jamie lynne
*get about 4 hours of sleep the night before christmas, spend all day with your crazy family then come home and say this word out loud seven times trying to spell it. it's a funny word.
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